Are you still not understanding what a pandemic is? Let me help. In a pandemic, a lot of people are going to die if you don’t take action that hurts the economy. And if you don’t take action, the economy will still suffer because a lot more people than that are going to die. There is no solution in which no one dies and everything proceeds as if nothing has happened.
What you need to ask yourself is how many people people are worth sacrificing so your child gets to go to school in person? Go to soccer practice? How many people do you think are ok to sacrifice so you can get a beer at the pub? What is that number?
We’d be past this, and little Sally would be lacing them up on Saturdays and back at school, if ya’ll weren’t so stupid. We could get past this even still if people would do what they should. However, the only number that is too much for you and a lot of others happens to be “one more than the number of people who actually die because my life was inconvenienced, whatever that ends up being”. So instead, you get exactly what you’re getting. People continue to die at too high a rate, but not nearly at the rate at which you’re willing to sacrifice them so you can get a beer and Sally can play Albion, because the state if CA does not share your utter disregard for the lives of other people. And the economy also continues to suffer because there is no amount of inconvenience that is too little for you. Unfortunately, this is America where people are more than happy to sacrifice others if it means they don’t have to make any sacrifice themselves.
I’m not fearful. I’m not a doomsdayer. I’m not going to die and it would take close to the apocalypse to change my life in any meaningful sense. I’m just telling you what is actually happening and why. I got the same delusional “nuh-uh you’re an idiot” bluster and memes from the GDA Mafia, and I can’t help but notice that they’re largely the same people, wouldn’t you agree @LASTMAN14? At least @Simisoccerfan had the good sense to STFU once, as per usual, his prognostications ended up being wildly inaccurate.
You truly are a fascinating case study. At least you are consistent with your ideology - that has to be admired (kinda). The goal posts have certainly moved since this all started. CA has not disappointed, moving the goalpost as needed in order to walk the partisan line. Other states are taking prudent measures, trying to be responsible with their populations, even after completely screwing it up (insert NYC and New Jersey here). There are others that come to mind as well.
Your approach is one sided, filled with the hope that a vaccine, which is being rushed, driven by financial and political gain, will be the cure all. Except that society will react to this vaccine just like any other vaccine. Not all will take it. Heaven help us if someone mandates that the vaccine will be mandatory. Nothing like like angst, anxiety, and fear to try and control the narrative. And before you say something nonsensical like I don't believe in the virus, I do. I wear a mask, I social distance, etc, etc, blah blah. I also eat out and allow my kids to play soccer. I want them to go back to school in person. I expect that responsible business owners will do the right thing and implement practices that make sense - that's how you get my business. The same goes for things like school districts, etc.
Shutting down indefinitely is irrational. We already did not once, won't happen again.